Considering you are the world’s foremost acoustic expert, how much are ready to shell for the best speakers ? Forget Bose, the Harion Glass speakers will cost you $168,000 for their conical speaker system ! Hario is a glass manufacturer from Japan and is famous for authentic “glassware” design in every shapes and sizes.Their credit ? Make everything manually.

“The conical speaker system called Harion (translates to “the king of glass”) is made of heat-resistant glass. It’s composed of a center speaker, a sub woofer, a couple of acrylic tweeters, and a couple of mid-range speakers.”

Any idea what the team had to go through to make this masterpiece ? 23 subcontractors and a total of three years and eight months ! Final result… A completely hand-made glass based conical speaker system worth $168,000 ! If only it was $168….well, never mind.

[source: gearlog.com, harioglass.com]